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The Sunda Straits Crisis was a two-week confrontation between the United Kingdom and Indonesia over the passage of the Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Victorious through the Sunda Strait, a major waterway separating the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra, occurring between August and September 1964.
Map of the Sunda Strait in 1729 by Pierre van der Aa. Extending in a roughly southwest/northeast orientation, with a minimum width of 24 km (15 mi) at its northeastern end between Cape Tua on Sumatra and Cape Pujat on Java, the strait is part of the Java Sea. [2] [3] It is essentially triangular in shape, with two large bays on its northern ...
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1964 Sailors' Revolt; A. Action of 13 December 1964; B. Bloody Tuesday (1964) ... Sunda Straits Crisis; T. Battle of Tillyria; Phaethon (patrol boat) Tuareg rebellion ...
Events in the year 1964 in Spain. Incumbents. President / Caudillo: Francisco Franco [1] Vice President: Agustín Muñoz Grandes;
On 24 July 1964,KD Sri Selangor, a Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) vessel, was attacked by five members of the Indonesian Navy’s Indonesian Marine Corps(KKO) in the waters of the Singapore Strait near Saint John's Island. While on routine patrol, the ship detected a small boat just 15 yards away.
In addition to detailed maps of these places, van Linschoten also provided the geographic ‘key’ to unlocking the Portuguese grip on passage through the Malacca Strait. He suggested traders approach the East Indies from south of Sumatra through the Sunda Strait , thereby minimizing the risk of Portuguese intervention.